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Tens of thousands of new moms are being referred to cops due to unreliable drug tests at childbirth, report says

Tens of thousands of new mothers across the country have been referred to law enforcement by hospitals and child welfare agencies over allegations of drug use during pregnancy. But in many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from…

Hotel security footage helps catch alleged ‘serial sexual predator’ accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Texas girl, police say

Security footage from a hotel in Texas helped capture a “serial sexual predator” who had lured a 12-year-old girl to meet him via a “social media ruse,” authorities have said. Graham Michael Dunn, 27, was arrested in Galveston after police…

Spate of Austin lake deaths is ‘consistent’ with other cities as cops temper ‘serial killer’ theories

Over the past few years, dozens of bodies have been recovered from in or around Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, fueling fears of a serial killer across Texas’ capital city. The deaths have sparked a slew of theories online, but police…

A $100M payment, Lutnick’s island admission, and an alleged Trump phone call: The latest Epstein revelations

The fallout from the three million documents released from the Justice Department as part of the Epstein files continues to embroil high-profile politicians and businessmen as more revelations are uncovered. Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted to visiting Epstein’s Caribbean…

Nancy Guthrie latest: FBI to release surveillance photo of potential subject after Savannah issued new plea, report says

Savannah Guthrie calls on public for help in finding missing mother Police are expected to release a photo of a potential suspect connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, according to a…

Virginia Giuffre’s brother furious after Ghislaine Maxwell seeks clemency in exchange for Epstein info

Virginia Giuffre’s brother has penned a furious open letter to Ghislaine Maxwell as she refuses to testify over her links to pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The disgraced socialite declined to answer questions from a congressional committee on Monday, vowing to…

Republican candidate for governor suspends campaign after daughter stabbed to death

A Republican hopeful in Minnesota’s gubernatorial race dropped out hours after it was revealed that his daughter had been stabbed to death in her home on Saturday. Former state representative Jeff Johnson’s daughter, Hallie Marie Tobler, 22, was found dead…

Ten silver miners from Canadian company found dead in Mexican mass grave, officials confirm

Ten silver miners working for a Canadian company have been found dead in a Mexican mass grave, local officials have confirmed. The men were kidnapped on January 23 from a mining project in the western state of Sinaloa in an…

Murderer who killed traveling salesman in brutal robbery to be Florida’s first execution of 2026

A man who murdered a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be the first person to be executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6pm at Florida…

‘Are you scared now?’ 79-year-old man pulls gun on Walmart worker he thought had a ‘bad attitude,’ cops say

A 79-year-old man in Florida is accused of using a firearm to terrorize a Walmart worker he felt had shown a “bad attitude”. Pascual Santana, born in May 1946, was arrested on Friday and charged with armed assault after allegedly…